India rains LIVE: Bridge on Jyotirmath-Malari highway washed away, villages cut off in Uttarakhand

J&K government has set up a committee of officers to conduct survey of the damages caused by recent incessant rains in the migrant camps across Jammu, a government officer said on Saturday.

The decision came after J&K Relief and Rehabilitation Commissioner (Migrants) Arvind Karwani visited Mini-Township Jagti, Nagrota, Purkhoo and Muthi-Butanagar — areas that house displaced Kashmiri Pandits — to assess the damage and inspect the ongoing restoration works.

“The committee of officers have been constituted in respect of each migrant camp to make an extensive survey of damages and urgent development requirements in the camps and a coordinated effort is being made by the relief organisation with all line departments (power, jal shakti etc.) to speed up the restoration process,” he said.

-PTI

A motorable bridge on the Jyotirmath-Malari highway in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district got washed away due to heavy rains, severing connectivity to more than a dozen villages in the border area of the Niti Valley.

Heavy rains in the upstream swelled the seasonal Tamak stream, and its gushing waters damaged the bridge around 2 am on Sunday, said district administration officials.

There is no report of any loss of life in this incident that occurred in this area located on the banks of Dhauliganga, a tributary of the Alaknanda river.

-PTI